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Debian on the thecus n2100



Hi,

  I'm thinking about buying a thecus N2100 to replace my old 486 route/server
  at my parents home. Obviously i want to run debian on it :) So i digged 
  around a little to see how the support is and apart from the fan control it
  looks fine (any progress on that?) 
  
  So in the end i've got some hopefully simple questions:
    * Is it possible to use access the machine's redboot via telnet. I know
      that it's possible on the NSLU2, but i haven't seen reports about it on
      an n2100. I'd prefer not having to solder a serial port to access 
      redboot :).
    * I digged around in d-i svn to see how the installer support was. It seems
      one can install d-i on the machine as a firmware upgrade. But i couldn't 
      find the needed preseed info for it to actually enabled the
      network-console, like there is for example for the glantank. Did i miss
      something or is the support just not quite there yet ?
    * If something fails during the install, is there some way to hard reset
      the box and have it return to the original firmware. Or is redbooting
      another kernel/initrd from tftp the only option in that case?
  
  TIA,
    Sjoerd
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